Favorites and playbook

A playbook is first and foremost the team's match agreements and playing patterns: how you play 6:0 defense, fast-break starts, set throws and feeding options. In Planr you build a playbook by creating a favorites list with the drills and setups that describe these agreements, and then making the list the team's playbook. Then everyone who logs in with the team code sees the same collection as the team's official drill and agreement library.

How to use favorites

On the drills page you see the star button at the top. It opens a panel with your own lists and the team lists you have access to.

How to add drills to a list:

• Tap the star icon on a drill card to open the picker.
• Tick the lists the drill should belong to, or create a new list right there.
• The star lights up when the drill is in at least one of your lists.

How to use the lists:

• Click a list in the panel to activate it as a filter on the drill view. You only see drills that belong to the list.
• Click the list again to clear the filter.
• You can combine an active favorites filter with search and theme filters to narrow down even more.

My favorites and team favorites

The panel is split in two:

• My favorites are your own lists. Only you see them.
• Team favorites are the lists that have been made playbook for one or more of your teams. These are visible to everyone connected to the team.

If you coach in a club with several teams, you only see the team lists for the teams you are actually coach for.

Make a list the team's playbook

Once a favorites list gathers the agreements and drills the team should know, turn it into the team's playbook. Typical content is defensive formations, set throws, fast-break starts and attacking patterns, often supplemented with technical drills that build them up. When the list is set as playbook, it shows up for everyone who logs in with the team code, and your co-coaches can work with the same collection.

Here is how:

1. Open the star panel on the drills page.
2. Hover over the list you want to use, and tap the clipboard icon next to the name.
3. Pick the teams the list should be playbook for, and save.

Once the list is set as playbook you see a filled clipboard icon, and the name of the team next to the list in the panel. You can have one playbook per team, but the same list can be playbook for several teams at once.

To change the playbook for a team, just make a different list playbook for the same team, and the previous one is replaced automatically.

Personal playbook (Pro)

As a personal Pro coach without a club connection, you can make one favorites list your personal playbook. It works the same way as a team playbook, but is tied to you as a user, not to a specific team in a club.

Tips

• For favorites: build a few broad lists rather than many small ones. «Defense», «Shooting» and «Warm-up» are easier to maintain than one list per session.
• For playbook: start from the agreements the team actually plays in matches. 6:0 defense, fast-break starts and two or three attacking patterns usually cover the essentials.
• Use the playbook as a living document. Adjust it when you change agreements, and remove things you no longer use.
• Players who log in with the team code can review the playbook between sessions.

Related articles

Building a training session shows how to combine favorites with the session builder. The drill library is the source of most drills that end up in your favorites. Custom drills for creating something brand new.